Hosteria El Sauce Arequipa

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... had dinner around 6pm with another group of 4 and then headed to bed as yet again an early morning call to start walking at 5.30am to be at the top for breakfast and before the sun hit us&#8230;<br><br>Now on the Lares trek we had done 5 hours of walking up to an altitude of 4800m. As this was only to be 3 hours up to altitude of 3200m, we thought - no problems. How wrong we were&#8230; the walk was continuous little zigzags and Waldo set a pace I struggled to keep ...

... such immense care and detail to make up for the total lack of vegetation. And out of nowhere, we are landing into this desert moonscape and nestled against the mountains is the city of Arequipa. <br><br>IM NOW READY TO leave english speaking Lima behind and be taken seriously as a spanish speaking tourist!<br><br>My host family thought I was coming next week. Thakfully, Sofie was home to greet me and when her parents ...

Hey! I´m writing this all later, but I thought I´d break it into two entries. <br><br>The day after Toni and I arrived in Arequipa, I guess on Sunday the 6th, we took a 3 hour bus to Corice, a little town outside of Arequipa. We got to this tiny town, in the middle of nowhere, and started walking along the road, on sidewalks and gravel, past houses and fields and a dog standing on a roof and barking. The ...

... anyone could take as many pictures as my mom, but I think my host parents may rival her (and likely even beat her). Anyway, it was a fun little trip. It seemed like as soon as we got home, they tried to feed me again. I mean really &#8211; I don&#8217;t think I will need to eat for weeks after leaving this place. But, the food is really good, so it is tough to turn it down while I am here.

... of the convent provided fantastic views of the volcanoes, El Misti and Chachani which loom over the city at over 6,000 metres and provide a dramatic backdrop.<br><br>Arequipa was a great place to stop and chill for a while. It's the second largest city in Peru and really friendly towards tourists which is today one of its main sources of income. <br><br>Each night in the centre of town we came across a bloke, standing in the ...

... and watch goldfish swim about.<br> By this time, of course, I am feeling hungry. Fortunately, Arequipa has a grand selection of chocolate cakes at little shops on the main square, so I have a slice of one. It is delicious. However, the cigarette smoke from neighboring tables is less enticing. What is with Europeans? I can't wait to get away from their dirty habits. (and yes, that's incredibly stereotypical, but it's almost always Europeans. Peruvians don't smoke). Then ...

... upstairs, I refused point blank and began to explain the term &#8216;insurance&#8217; to her. She told me that there wasn&#8217;t any insurance and she then consulted with the owner in light-speed Spanish after which he offered to split the price of the damage to the new bus, 50:50. Again I refused, but to avoid a full blown argument in Spanish, at the very least, I offered to pay s/50 only and he accepted my terms. I did apologise profusely and explained my case and to be fair ...

... where we played against a couple of locals. It was good to be able to spend some time away from the tourist sites and luckily for us one of the guys we played against spoke excellent English, having lived in London. For once we could get more of a feel for what it was like for the people of Peru to live there.<br><br>The night bus to Arequipa was awful! I hardly got any sleep and after such a testing excursion over the last few days am knackered now. With the prospect of a night bus ...

... style to which they had always been accustomed. After 3 centuries, the Pope sent a strict Dominican Nun to sort out all the shenanegans and sent a lot of the good-time nuns packing. Even so, the convent remained shrowded in mystery for a further 100 years until 1970, when it was opened to the public. The convent has been restored to what it would have looked like in its heyday, with beautiful brightly coloured buildings, narrow twisting ...